generating variable names on fly in python [duplicate]

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If you really want to create them on the fly you can assign to the dict that is returned by either globals() or locals() depending on what namespace you want to create them in:

globals()['somevar'] = 'someval'
print somevar  # prints 'someval'

But I wouldn’t recommend doing that. In general, avoid global variables. Using locals() often just obscures what you are really doing. Instead, create your own dict and assign to it.

mydict = {}
mydict['somevar'] = 'someval'
print mydict['somevar']

Learn the python zen; run this and grok it well:

>>> import this

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